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Black Hawk (MHC 58)

Call sign:
November - Bravo - Hotel - Kilo

Osprey Class Coastal Mine Hunter: Laid down 3 September 1992 by Intermarine USA, New Orleans, LA; Launched 27 August 1994; Commissioned 11 May 1996; Decommissioned 1 December 2007 at Naval Station Ingleside, TX and struck from the Navy register; Towed to Beaumont, TX 4 December 2007 to be laid up for possible future use in the Foreign Military Sales program. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 895 Metric Tons; Length 188'; Beam 36', Draft (Navigation) 9' 2"; Draft (Keel) 7'; Speed 10k; Complement five officers, 48 enlisted; Armament two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two 800hp Isotta Fraschini ID36 SS8V-AM diesel engines, two Voith Schneider vertical axis, cycloidal, controllable pitch propellers, Electrical Systems two ship service diesel generators, one ship service/emergency diesel generator; Monocoque Design glass reinforced plastic monohull design. No longitudinal or transverse hull framing. The skin carries all the stresses. The vessel is flexible under shock. Machinery is supported by cradles from the main deck; Sensors/Navigation Systems AN/SYQ-13 Navigation, Command & Control System, AN/SPS-64(V)9 surface search radar, AN/SPA-25G radar display; AN/UQN-4A sonar sounding set, AN/WSN-2 stabilized gyrocompass, Hyper-fix radio navigation system, Plotting table; Loran C, Military global positioning system (GPS), AN/BQH-7A expendable bathythermograph set; Mine Countermeasures Systems AN/SLQ-48(V)2 mine neutralization system (MNS), AN/SQQ-32 minehunting sonar.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	38k	Launch U.S. Navy photo		USS Black Hawk (MHC-58) Web Site
	177k	U.S. Navy photo		Joe Radigan

View the Black Hawk (MHC 58)
DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site.

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Official Navy Web Site for USS Black Hawk (MHC-58)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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